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Strategies to optimally discriminate between quantum states are critical in quantum technologies. We present an experimental demonstration of minimum error discrimination between entangled states, encoded in the polarization of pairs of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Yang Lu , Nick Coish , Rainer Kaltenbaek , Deny R. Hamel , Sarah Croke , Kevin J. Resch

It is known from Bell's theorem that quantum predictions for some entangled states cannot be mimicked using local hidden variable (LHV) models. From a computer science perspective, LHV models may be interpreted as classical computers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-08 T. K. Chuan , T. Paterek

Quantum state discrimination is a fundamental task that is meaningful in quantum information theory. In this manuscript, we consider a revised unambiguous discrimination of quantum resources. First, we present an upper bound of the success…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Xian Shi

Quantum state tomography (QST) is one of the fundamental problems in quantum information. Among various metrics, sample complexity is widely used to evaluate QST algorithms. While multi-copy measurements are known to achieve optimal sample…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Gyungmin Cho , Dohun Kim

Quantum state purification protocols, which mitigate noise by converting multiple copies of noisy quantum states into fewer copies with a lower noise level, have applications in quantum communication and computation with imperfect devices.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Benchi Zhao , Yu-Ao Chen , Xuanqiang Zhao , Chengkai Zhu , Giulio Chiribella , Xin Wang

It is known that unambiguous discrimination among non-orthogonal but linearly independent quantum states is possible with a certain probability of success. Here, we consider a variant of that problem. Instead of discriminating among all of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yuqing Sun , Janos A. Bergou , Mark Hillery

In this paper we discuss a quantum multi-tasking protocol for preparation of known one-qubit and two-qubit states respectively in two different locations. The ideal remote state preparation protocol is discussed in the first place in which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-27 Binayak S. Choudhury , Manoj Kumar Mandal , Soumen Samanta , Biswanath Dolai

A quantum computer -- i.e., a computer capable of manipulating data in quantum superposition -- would find applications including factoring, quantum simulation and tests of basic quantum theory. Since quantum superpositions are fragile, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ben W. Reichardt

Bell theorems of many-body nonlocality and contextuality serve as a benchmark for proving quantum advantage in that a quantum computer outperforms a classical computer for a certain problem. In practice, however, near-term quantum devices…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Leroy Fagan , Akimasa Miyake

Using the necessary and sufficient conditions, minimum error discrimination among two sets of similarity transformed equiprobable quantum qudit states is investigated. In the case that the unitary operators are generating sets of two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 M. A. Jafarizadeh , Y. Mazhari Khiavi , Y. Akbari Kourbolagh

We propose two experimental schemes for quantum state discrimination that achieve the optimal tradeoff between the probability of correct identification and the disturbance on the quantum state.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Buscemi , Massimiliano F. Sacchi

In the realm of quantum information processing, the efficient characterization of entangled states poses an overwhelming challenge, rendering the traditional methods including quantum tomography unfeasible and impractical. To tackle this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Ye-Chao Liu , Jiangwei Shang

Quantum indistinguishability of non-orthogonal quantum states is a valuable resource in quantum information applications such as cryptography and randomness generation. In this article, we present a sequential state-discrimination scheme…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Lemieux Wang , Hanwool Lee , Joonwoo Bae , Kieran Flatt

The need of discriminating between different quantum states is a fundamental issue in Quantum Information and Communication. The actual realization of generally optimal strategies in this task is often limited by the need of supplemental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-22 Alessandro Laneve , Andrea Geraldi , Frenkli Hamiti , Paolo Mataloni , Filippo Caruso

We study an optimum measurement for quantum state discrimination, which maximizes the probability of correct results when the probability of inconclusive results is fixed at a given value. The measurement describes minimum-error…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-26 Ulrike Herzog

We consider the problem of correctly classifying a given quantum two-level system (qubit) which is known to be in one of two equally probable quantum states. We assume that this task should be performed by a quantum machine which does not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Marco Fanizza , Andrea Mari , Vittorio Giovannetti

Quantum hypothesis testing is a central task in the entire field of quantum information theory. Understanding its ultimate limits will give insight into a wide range of quantum protocols and applications, from sensing to communication.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Quntao Zhuang , Stefano Pirandola

We propose a numerical algorithm for finding optimal measurements for quantum-state discrimination. The theory of the semidefinite programming provides a simple check of the optimality of the numerically obtained results.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 M. Jezek , J. Rehacek , J. Fiurasek

In quantum state discrimination, one aims to identify unknown states from a given ensemble by performing measurements. Different strategies such as minimum-error discrimination or unambiguous state identification find different optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Hanwool Lee , Kieran Flatt , Carles Roch i Carceller , Jonatan Bohr Brask , Joonwoo Bae

A scheme for the detection of low-intensity optical coherent signals was studied which uses a probabilistic amplifier operated in the non-heralded version, as the underlying non-linear operation to improve the detection efficiency. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-15 Matteo Rosati , Andrea Mari , Vittorio Giovannetti